Totally subjective based on the player and their individual opinions. For me I can’t for the life of my get into my Shadowknight. He’s 53 and has 41% haste and ToV weapon, twinked out and I just do not enjoy it. I absolutely hate fear kiting, the aggro mechanisms after the disease cloud nerf are more annoying and just in general I don’t enjoy it half as well as my Paladin, which is my favorite character in classic EQ by a wide margin.
Sk does have some cool abilities I like. The ability to invis, feign death is super cool, having a pet is fun, skeleton illusion is always fun, plus the Call of Bones proc on Soul Defiler is really nice. In general though, the class just isn’t for me, despite wishing I had a level 60 one. I think I’d like it at 60 once geared out, but getting there is not fun.
Paladin on the other hand, I always found SO fun. I really love the clicky heal of the DW BO and Helm. Having a mini torpor at 59 is really fun, their aggro holding is way easier with blind. I love being able to soothe my way through dungeon. I love having root and being able to park a mob if I pull to many. The class just really resonates with me. I’ve mained my Paladin for most of p1999
Mostly it boils down to having to fear kite to solo; I HATE fear kiting. It may be faster than rooting and backing up to heal or click helm, but it’s an otherwise miserable experience for me.
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